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St. Landry Clarion
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PROSPERITY TO ALL
The Clarion today wishes its readers,
Ite patrons and the general public a
Happy New Year. It is our earnest
hope that whatever beclouds the life
the prospertity, the happiness of any
one will quickly dissipate into no
thingaees.
This new year is starting out inaus
piciouely as compared with the one
just passed, but human hopes need not
be downcast, for, to quote the well
known lines of Longfellow, "behind
the clouds the sun is still shining."
We can hold up forever before our
meneal view the deep philosophy, the
slgaeiioance, of these words. Certain
ly things may look cloudy but those
clouds are going to drift away, and
the sun is still shining and will con
tione to shine when the ski es clear.
This hope, thsi absolute certainty, is
the supporting pillar of the human fa
brio, and so long as it remains with
us there can be no lasting depression
and Old Man Gloom must hike to the
dark corners of forgetfulness.
We believe this year of 1921 is go
lag to ultimately prove the best on
record; that all the `eins, all the
gloom, all the conglomerated mass of
despondency will soon be behind us
taorotten! Let us hope so, believe so,
at ary rate, and with this brighter
spirit look forward to better things.
Once again, the Clarion wishes all
a HIapy New Year!
WOULD ABOLISH "SAFETY
VALVE"
'Richard A. Dowling, a member
elect to the convention from New Or
leans, says the two-house legislature
Is adrag on legislation and that in his
opinion the senate, a "useless append
Sagle," sould. be abolished.
This is a unique, it not altogether
new, idea of the legislative arm of
the government. We hardlly thing it
will receive enough consideration or
support In the convention for its pro
ponents to believe it stands a fair
Schance of being adopted. Such a re
volutionary move, upsetting the best
traditions of both state and federal
governments, would hardly receive
anything but passing notice of the
people of the state.
The forefathers of the republic, in
devising the framework of govern
mant, wisely decided that there should
be three arms-legislative, executive
and judicial-all working in unison
and each having its due plce in the
governmental fabric. Rtemove one and
the others would fall of their own
weight, for the loss of one would de
prive the others of sustaining
etreagth They can well be dubbed
the very foundations of civil liberty
and a guarantee thereof as long as
lthe nation endures.
Mr. Dowling, does not discuss the
executive or judicial branches excepi
Ia bried, but aims his shafts at the
"usnless appendage" of the senate to
Me legislative arm. His point is not
well e rkes, rthe senate, is the
"easfty valve" of the legislative
Sbreach, and unless it placed some re
r ttotions and exerted considerable in
*, fiumte on the house of representatives
ois latter body, with full power to
Oct, might run wild and enact more
b itb4bked, hardboiled laws than ever
beeros "kown.
S Oane bouee is the equal balance for
tip other in the legislative scales. To
aQoaleh one would knock the scales
out of balance and unjolnt every
mteory inherent in American politics.
t would never do to attempt any such
erbsesnt, and it is far better to
held to the good we have aid let such
S Tffpting air castles go hang. Mr. i
Dowl)sib theory is well expressed,
et- tphs but no tauffictently concrete
to warrant its adoption. We have
done very well with a two-house leg.
dfaMurse--et us readopt the idea.
pR. LAZAROa VIEWS ON TARIFF
We print today the remarkable
speech delivered by Congressman La
Wsre of the seventh district during the
debate on the emergency tariff meas
sre in the house of representatives.
OCeube4 in simple language and
verbiage, t gives a clear insight on
this perplexing issue long before the
American people, and opens up to the
unwise a better view of the benefits
and the evils of protection.
iGeretofore, protection, as we
!kew it, was based solely on the idea i
of protecting the manufacturers and
not the producers. The manufacturers
as Dr Lasaaro well says, have been i
thoroughly organized; labor has been
,thoroughly organised; every branch
of industry except the farmer has I
"been organized, and las there is
strength in organization, these re
qpective clasess have generally se- n
eared all legislation they needed and tc
* desired, and that in great plenty. IN
The farmer is the backbone of in- b,
dustry and commercialism. Without t;
him the entire structure and fabric of
civilization, would fall. With him,
the foundation of society, civilization,
s, commerce, industry, is forever secure.
a Why, then, should he not get his Just
t share of protection? That is the burn
e ing question ,and one that can and
must be solved.
Dr. Lazaro tells us truthfully that
the products of the American farn?
must be protected from the flood of
a cheap oriental products-cheap be
tcause they are produced by cheap la
;bor, labor that lives on little and
wears litle and requires little nad
can afford to work for little. Their
r standard of living is far lbelow that
established in America. If we drop
to their level, then we must assume
the same relationship in the scheme
of civilization and the world will drop
backwards instead of forwards.
Our cotton, sugar, rice, corn, wheat
and other products must be protected,
not from a partisan standpoint but an
economic one, says the congressman.
He is a democrat, and his statement
may be looked on with suspicion by
his fellow democrats, but it is a clear
cut statement and one that elucidates
a long-time mystery. The trouble
heretofore has been that the tariff has
been sectional, partisan-politically so.
The dominant party has always used
the issue for partisan advantage-a
club to beat the "downeand-out" op
ponent. There has been no harmony,
no sincerity, in drafting a tariff bill.
The framers have preached one
thing, practiced another when intro
ducing their measure to congress. In
variably, on its successful passage,
only certain classes have been "pro
tected," or gone unprotected. We
have seen the vast industries built up
by the tariff wall; tremendous for
tunes accumulated at the expense of
the people; manufactured articles
sold in foreign fields for less than
sold to home people. All this time
the farmer- the real bulwark of the
world and nation-has gone unprotect
ed, has remained the "goat" and he
foolishly, has consented to. be the
"goat" and suffered in silence and
realized not that his troubles were
due to his own shortsightedness in
political affairs.
Both partles have played fast and
loose with the farmer. They have
used him to their own advantage and
handed him little in return. They
have fooled him with empty promises
nil he has gone empty-pocketed. Elec
tion after election he has believed
the glittering generalities handed
him, only to realize that he has been
lied to and only the favored class
reaped the benefit. The time has
come, or about come, when this con
dition must cease, and Dr. Lasaro, as
a member of the law-making arm of
the government, wisely takes the part
of the tiller of the soil. The warning
is to the point and we can well see
that ancient ideals about "protection"
as always understood will not serve
as a stalking horse for political ad
vantage, and politicians had as well
understand it now as suck their
thumbs in sorrow later. Statesman
ship, and not comouflage, is above
par now, and rising rapidly in the pol
itical markets of America.
Isador Isaac, local cotton buyer,
made a busiens trp to Bunkle last
re Wednesday.
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NEWEQUIPMEN
, GULF COASTLINES
a.
h PASSENGER ENGINES, BOX AND
7 GONDOLA CARS ORLERED FOR
h RAILROAD SYSTEM
1' President Pyestt of the Gulf Coast
e Lines announced some days ago, while
e in New Orleans, that hsi road had
recently ordered new equipment to
take care of the constantly increasing
passenger and freight business of his
company.
Ten 10-wheel passenger engines to
handle the heavy steel trains operat
ing over the road is the motive end
of the new order, while a large num
ber of steel underframe freight cars
and a large number of gondola cars
have also been ordered from the man
ufacturers. The new pasesnger en
gines are badly seeded for the pres
ent type of engines are entirely too
light for heavy work since the addi
tion of the steel coaches to the pas
senger trains makes those trains cor
respondingly heavy. The fast sche
dules of all passenger trains, and the
recent inauguration of through derv
ice to the City of Mexico makes big
ger and speedier engines-. absolutely
necessary in order to maintain the
schedule time in competition with
other lines.
It is rumored that very shortly a
new passenger train will be added to
take care of the local work, the four
present trains doing only through
business between New Orleans and
the southwest.
"St. Landry's Leading M
Monday begins the most
in Opelousa
Hart Schaffner & Marx
for less than it cost:
Every Stylep
$25, 30, 35 Stylish suits, now $40, 45, 50 v~
195..0
W E say this is a "'radical" sale. And its
at the above low prices. These lo
prices we're asking.
We can do it only by taking big losses; we're
der to clear our stocks. You'll get the bigges
stock up your' wardrobe now.
$13 - $15 Overcoats, now $18 - $20 Over
s .s o $135
Mackinaws formerly sold at
$10 to $15, now
$7.50
All Sales on SB
a Cash Basis W
"The Quality Sh
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rv ruE ZOo Iv tPASSED EVERY LITTLE BOY - #OrNIN= MY 1
AL YEAS ~OUGH4T TO 60 T4qu r GOK' T LET MEt
ALL MYf,4XMS ME ZOO - COLLEGE WHE
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